7.4 Analyze The Importance Of Graphical Elements On The Meaning Of A Poem
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 7
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1What chore do the father and daughter perform in the poem?Clearing snowFeeding livestockBaling hayExercising cattle60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q2The abrupt dialogue in the poem helps convey the idea that the characters are —cold and uncomfortableworried about their safetyenjoying the morningfocused on their work60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q3Which lines from the poem best suggest that the speaker’s situation is temporary?Doubtful,/I have a feverTomorrow,/I’ll come around.TODAY!/It hit like a thwop of mashed potatoesI could attract mosquitoes—/maybe—not friends.60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q4What is the most likely reason that the poet uses capitalization in line 6?To highlight a problem the speaker experiencesTo show the speaker’s excitement about an upcoming eventTo indicate that the speaker’s condition happens unexpectedlyTo stress the speaker’s expectations for tomorrow60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q5The poet reveals the speaker’s feelings mainly by —connecting them to memoriesrepeating specific words for emphasisusing similes and metaphors to describe themexplaining their effect on others60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q6Read this line from the poem. This line suggests that at the end of the poem the speaker —realizes the most effective technique for panning for goldunderstands why so many people looked for gold during the gold rushgains a new perspective about the outcome of panning for goldknows how valuable a small amount of gold can be60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q7The repetition of the lines “Water and sand. That’s ALL it takes./Swish your pan. Pick out the flakes!” is used to emphasize the —false promise that gold mining is an easy way to get richphysical hardships and obstacles faced by minersimportance of gold mining to the economyadditional tools needed by miners in the goldfields60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q8Read line 37 from the poem. From this line, the reader can infer that the speaker feels regret about —leaving his job to prospect for goldtaking too long to locate an area to search for goldhaving the wrong equipment for panning for goldgiving up his search for gold60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q9This poem is mostly about a young man who —follows people going west in search of gold and tries different locations without successlooks for a better alternative to a job that he does not enjoy doing and becomes a gold prospectorgoes west in hopes of finding gold and after several unsuccessful attempts finally realizes a better way to earn moneytries the same method for finding gold and is unsuccessful because of his unwillingness to change60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q10The poet’s use of short sentences helps create the poem’s —conflictrhythmvivid imagerytone60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q11In the first stanza, the poet suggests that one reason the poplar is not useful is that it —grows in areas where few other things livedoes not provide much protection for othersdoes not grow very tallloses its leaves in the fall60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q12The poet uses personification in the fourth stanza to describe the poplar’s attempt to —provide directions to othersremain activeattract visitorsresist being moved by the wind60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q13Line 1 is important to the poem because it helps —establish the mooddescribe the speakercreate imageryintroduce a familiar setting60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q14In stanza 2, the poplar is described mainly as —curiousarrogantenviouscautious60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
- Q15Why is the last stanza important to the poem?It suggests that the poplar may become a desirable tree.It implies that the poplar wants to be a unique tree.It provides an explanation for the size of a poplar.It shows how a poplar copes with its situation.60s7.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry
